HOWTO - Upgrading your Ad Peeps

With every purchase of Ad Peeps, you are entitled to Free updates. This includes new features, bug fixes and other enhancements
 - excluding Add-on modules which may be an additional charge. Whenever such updates are available, you will be notified in the
Software News section of your software, via e-mail and/or by visiting our homepage for the latest version number.

To upgrade your Ad Peeps software from any version to the latest version, follow these steps in their entirety.

ADS UPLOADED INSIDE THE MYSQL DATABASE WILL NOT TRANSFER, AND YOU MAY NEED TO RELOAD. ADS LOADED INTO THE UPLOAD_BANNERS FOLDER WILL STAY UNTOUCHED.

1) Download the latest upgrade from http://www.adpeeps.com/signup.html There will be two versions
available, an upgrade and a fresh install, select the UPGRADE zip.

2). Save and unzip the new files to your hard-drive.

3) Login to your Ad Peeps software and Purge all Outdated Records. This will prevent stale statistics from being copied to your new version. You can find this feature in the Maintenance Wizard.

Once you have purged your system of unneeded records, create a BACKUP of your Ad Peeps database for safety. - Important, allows a restoration point if anything unexpected happens.

4) Delete the adpeeps.php file from your web server. This will prevent the database from being changed while you are upgrading the system.

5) Upload every file (except the adpeeps.php file) inside the zip you downloaded into your /adpeeps directory on your web server replacing all the current files. Be sure to keep the file structures in tact. DO NOT DELETE your mysqlauth.php from your current site because it has your database login AND registration code information.

6) CHMOD the /uploaded_banners and /sessions folders to 777. If you don't know how to do this ask your web host. This will allow Ad Peeps to save banners and/or session data it uses.

7) Run the setup.php script from your browser. SELECT THE UPGRADE OPTION !!!!VERY IMPORTANT!!!! - If you select Installation it will delete all your existing ads and campaigns.

Note: You will get a warning that the adpeeps.php file does not exist (we removed it remember)

8) After successful upgrade, you will get a confirmation screen. It is NOW safe to upload the adpeeps.php file to your web server.

9) Login as Admin and click Setup Target Zones. Edit *ANY* zone name and resave. This will force Ad Peeps to regenerate your targeting zones list in case you upgraded from a version that didn't use this feature.

That's it. Your Ad Peeps software should be updated to the latest version. Login and make sure everything works including ensuring ads are back showing. If you have any problems, please contact our professional support team.

Notice: If upgrading to version 8.4 you may get a software locked message. If this happens, simply paste the contents of your registration or trial code inside.

If you have an old $rc code (now unsupported), paste the contents of the variable not the entire variable.

Example:
$rc = "abcdefg";

You would use: abcdefg